Metallic brush



(No Model.)

A. HANKEY. METALLIC BRUSH.

' Patented June 25, 1895.

Q m/lwveom 0 I NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON HANKEY, F TELLER, COLORADO.

METALLIC BRUS-H.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,537, dated June 25,1895. Application filed September 24, 1894 Serial No. 523,975- (Nomodel.)

, To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ANTON HANKEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Teller,

in the county of Mineral and State of Colorado,

have invented certain new and useful Im- I erence being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in a novel all-metal brush designed for cleaningpots, pans, spiders, and other metal cooking vessels used in thekitchen; which cannot be thoroughly cleaned with the brushes now in use,but which this device will efl'ectually and thoroughly clean both on theoutside and inside.

My invention will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side perspectiveview of my metal-cleaning brush. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail View.

My novel metal cleaning brush is formed of a group orbunch of wirebristles, 2, formed of pieces of wire of suitable thickness cut of thedesired length. Thisbunch is wrapped at the butt or handle-end with abinding-wire,

3; and this wire and the entire butt are then inclosed in a metalhandle, 1, which is molded or cast on the bunch of wires. It will beseen that when the wrapped butt of the bunch of brush-wires 2 isinserted in the mold in which the metal handle is poured in a molten orliquid. state, the molten metal will enter the crevices between thenumerous wires in the butt of the'bunch, so that when cooled andhardened the butt of the wires, the bindingwire 3, and the metal handlewill form an integral mass. The outer end of the bindingwire is bent toform a top-ring, 4, which when the handle has hardened projects from thetop of the same, and affords a convenient means for hanging up the brushon a nail or hook- By scraping the surface of pots, pans, &c., with thefree ends of the brush wires, the dirt, grease, &c., which may haveadhered and hardened on the metal vessels are effectually cut or scrapedoff, thoroughly cleaning both the inside and the outside of suchutensils, in a more'perfect manner than has been heretofore possible aswill be readily under stood by all familiar with such work. It will beseen that this device, a new'article of manufacture, is very simple,compact, and extremely durable. By'forming it with the metal handlewhich is solidified on the wrapped butt of the wire-bunch as described,the wires become practically an integral part of the metal handle, sothat it will be impossible for them to pull or. drop out or become loosein use; and they will thus 'hold in position until they are worn down tothe handle by long use. The top supporting ring, 4., likewise cannotpull out, as it becomes an into gral part of the metal handle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A metal brush composed of a bunch of wires, a binding wire wrapped aboutthe butt end of the bunch of wires, and having one end extended andformed into a suspending ring, and a handle cast or molded upon thebinding wire to secure it, the ring, and the individual wires of thebunch together, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTON HANKEY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. JANEs, MORTIMER HALL.

